Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-33-202 (2026)
Part definitions
✓ current as of May 2026
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
- (1) "Applicable agency" means the agency, board, commission or department charged by law or permitted by agreement with conducting the forfeiture proceeding for the particular property seized; and
- (2) "Secured party" means the holder of a security interest in the seized property acquired in the ordinary course of business within the meaning of § 47-9-102(a) and shall include a recourse party under the terms of a financing agreement.
Acts 1994, ch. 925, § 1; 2000, ch. 846, § 27.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1999–2015 · leading case: State of Tennessee v. Charles D. Sprunger.
State of Tennessee v. Charles D. Sprunger (Tenn. 2015). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-33-202(1) (2012). 26 .”
Marie Hawks v. Michael Greene, Comm. Dept of Saf. (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “The department is designated as the applicable agency, as defined by § 40-33-202, for all forfeitures authorized by this subsection.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-33-202(1) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Charles D. Sprunger (Tenn. 2015). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-33-202(1) (2012). 26 .”
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